Larry Webb
England international rugby union player
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St Lawrence Hugh Webb (7 March 1931 – 30 May 1978) was an English international rugby union player.
Full nameSt Lawrence Hugh Webb
Born7 March 1931
Melbourne, Australia
Died30 May 1978 (aged 47)
at sea
SchoolSt George's School
| Full name | St Lawrence Hugh Webb | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 7 March 1931 Melbourne, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 May 1978 (aged 47) at sea | ||||||||||||||||
| School | St George's School | ||||||||||||||||
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Born in Melbourne, Australia, Webb was the son of a property developer who owned the Chequers Cinema in St Albans, Hertfordshire, and grew up in the village of Redbourn. He attended St George's School in Harpenden.[1]
Webb played over 300 games for Bedford and was capped by England four times as a prop in the 1959 Five Nations.[2]
A wealthy businessman, Webb made considerable money selling his plant hire firm to Bovis Construction.[2] He died in 1978, piloting a Bell 206 helicopter that crashed at sea on the way back from Le Touquet, at the age of 47.[2][3]